If I understand it correctly, Microsoft sells discounted keys to organizations as part of their Volume Licensing for businesses.

Some places on the internet take advantage of that, and sell the keys individually.

I’ve heard that name a few times this past year. I wonder how it compares to Powell-Peralta’s “Flight Decks”, Deluxe Distribution’s “DBX”, or Santa Cruz’s “VX”.

I went to Kape’s website, and it looks like their boards are a composite of foam and fiberglass, which is an entirely different direction than the epoxy glues for Flight Decks and VXs.

The price is similar enough that it might be worth a try. They are only charging $25 shipping to America.

Those flight decks look amazing, but my hucking days are over. So, razor tail and a general soggy feeling kill my decks before I ever do.

I grabbed a cheap mini logo deck (Christmas complete), and it skated… But after about a month it definitely felt like it’s price.

I had been grabbing Z-Flex completes. I initially snagged one just for the trucks because I like Aces. When they are on sale, a complete is $60 with Ace 144s. I was pleasantly surprised when the deck was stiff and poppy. With some better wheels and bearings, that setup was solid.

I grabbed a Tactics Blank the last time I needed grip and bearings because the sale price dropped the board down to $22. When I showed up to the park, my buddies could immediately hear the difference in pop.

My favorite so far has been Woodchuck laminates. It’s a Canadian company and the concave and pop have been amazing.

Love the music for sure. I think his skating style match the music pretty well, which is a compliment.

It was wild seeing the China Banks at the beginning of the video. Haven’t seen anyone hit that spot in a while, and by all accounts, they’re tearing it down soon.

I honestly like the small, eclectic vibe better.

I don’t know what the number is, but I’ll arbitrarily say, anywhere under a quarter million is perfect.

I know the federation model provides a strength against the cascading list negatives that plague popular platforms, but I don’t doubt that with a large enough user base, exploits would certainly seep in, particularly with ease of AI bot manipulation and astroturfing.

It reminds me of the Linux saying “security through obscurity”.

Same bitrate, file size, and metadata (with my tags still included), along naming schemes and occasional misspellings.

Many of the songs I ripped and shared via Napster in the late 1900’s continued to appear on legitimate platforms years later.

Holy smokes! I see his online persona so often that I forgot he had a pen name!

“No man ever steps in the same river twice”. Everything flows.

Similarly, impermanence is a fundamental aspect of reality, and fighting it ultimately results in feeling things are unsatisfactory in some way.

Here’s the author Jason Pargin riffing on the topic of nostalgia , and the key takeaways for him are that:

• Nostalgia is toxic because it is the intense grasping for something that is definitionally forever outside of your reach
• Nostalgia is a false rose-colored filter to view things through.

That said, I have a penchant for sentimentality, and fall victim to nostalgia at every given whim I get, especially when visiting my parents’ house where I grew up.

I love to allow myself to be transported to the viewpoint of my younger self, which I feel I have lost some connection to.

I often find I was stronger and more worthy than I gave myself credit for.

If only I could properly translate that into the current moment, it would remove a lot of self-doubt that holds me back from living with confident authenticity.

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I am new to PeerTube, so hopefully this works

This topic is always at the forefront of my mind.

I am in education, surrounded by students aged 5 to 15, and I don’t feel like my aging process would have been so pronounced this past decade had it not been juxtaposed against a setting of perpetual youth.

The curriculum demands “college and career readiness”, but I believe the biological imperative at that age range is really focused on social and emotional development; students figuring out what life is about, and what directions they want to grow.

It forces a perspective on all the adults to consciously consider what aspects of life are genuinely important, and what skills and lessons to impart; which inevitably leads to self-reflection.

I quit skateboarding years ago, though I still felt youthful. A skateboarder at heart, work, education, and pursuit of vice all got in the way at the end of the day when I would normally grab my board.

The self-discipline and mindset of skateboarding transferred to a number of other skills I developed in the interim, and they have all served me well. It was as if I was cashing in on my youth.

Then, about a year ago, I quit drinking. Oddly enough, it feels as if it has accelerated the aging process. Though I have more energy, it makes me feel a bit rigid, having removed a lubricant that protected me from the coarseness of life.

Coincidentally, or perhaps not, around the same time I picked up skateboarding again. It feels as if, having sacrificed the drink, I’ve been gifted a piece of my youth back.

I don’t know how long my old body will allow it to continue, but I will wring every ounce of joy out of it while I still can!

Another thought I had is, doesn’t the kingpin add another point of stability/lock during smiths/feebles? Whereas if only the hanger touches the rail it’s more prone to slide out of it?

I can see that being the case on ledges, but on round bars I could see the kingpin getting in the way and decreasing stability

I used to love Grind Kings with their inverted kingpin back in the day. They would inevitably loosen after skating a while, but I’ve heard they worked that out.

Aesthetically, inverted kingpins still look silly to me on anything other than Grind King.

I now skate Aces because I love the turn. They are squirlier than Indies, and have very little bite (though I’ve heard the new Grind Kings are almost impossible to wheel bite on).

Having skated mainly Indies, Ventures, and Aces lately, the smith and feeble issue is worked out within the first 5 minutes of trying a few grinds. So, it’s pretty much a non-issue, and not exactly a selling point for me.

That said, Dan Corrigan kind of has me sold on trying out the new Grind Kings.

I know!

I think in order to be a contender, Ginwoo has to break away from SLS and spend more time honing a street style.

His part was good, but didn’t have the style or energy of the actual SOTY contenders.

That blunt to flip on the Hollywood sixteen was dope though.

I agree. The whole thing looked like an extension of an SLS run, but street footage doesn’t give points for tricks performed.

Instead, the medium is more of an art form, and requires style and spectacle to keep the momentum rolling.

Hot take, but I wonder if the downvotes are from people seeing the word “Zion” and instinctually downvoting.

2:04 literally made me gasp when he started flailing mid-air while heading for the lower handrail.

As bad as it was, that’s about the best that slam could have gone.

That was the last clip of that rail, so it looks like he never got the make. I don’t blame him either. I’d be done after that too